V. I.

Lenin

Decision of the Politbureau of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) on Keeping a Record of Workers’ Donations in Europe [1]

September 2, 1921

a) The Russian members of the Executive shall be instructed to obtain a
decision of the Comintern for organising accurate current statistics of
workers’ donations in Europe for sufferers of the famine in Russia and
regularly publishing reports of such donations.

h) The Central Committee draws special attention to the need for
stepping up agitation among the workers in Europe for contributing
one-day’s pay, as one of the most expedient forms of relief for the
famine-stricken.

c) The Russian members of the Comintern shall be asked to submit a
report on the progress of this propaganda to the Politbureau within a
fortnight.

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Notes:
[1]
Lenin’s motion was adopted by the Pohitbureau on September 2,
1921. The-next day, September 3, Lenin wrote to the Secre-tary of the
Comintern Executive asking him to arrange for the collection of information
about workers’ donations in Europe for the relief of the famine-stricken